| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 640 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Handbook Ser. |
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Handbook Ser.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
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Title from title screen. |
| Contents |
The trials and triumphs of a multi-OS computer -- Operating systems for x86 hardware in 2000 -- The x86 BIOS: Its limits and capabilities -- Boot loaders: Simple and complex -- Hard disk partition basics -- Tools for disc partitioning -- Tips for optimizing system performance -- Modifying partitions after the fact -- The OS installation checklist -- Installing specific operating systems -- Finding help -- Filesystems for assorted OSs -- Tools for accessing foreign filesystems -- Application data file formats -- Cross-platform utilities -- Cross-platform applications -- Modifying GUI look and feel -- OSs within OSs: Emulators -- TCP/IP networking -- File and printer sharing -- Ensuring adequate resources -- Finding drivers -- Performing hardware upgrades -- Index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook provides guidance to installing two or more OSes on a single computer. This book explains why things work the way they do and gives examples of real-world experience in using multiple operating systems in harmony with one another. You'll be able to coax several OSes into coexisting on one computer. You'll also understand something more about the basics of how a PC operates. See how to avoid the frustration of installing multiple operation systems. The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook provides a guide to the intricacies of installing and maintaining a multi-OS computer. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Operating systems (Computers)
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Software configuration management.
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Systèmes d'exploitation (Ordinateurs) |
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Logiciels -- Gestion de configurations. |
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operating systems. |
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Operating systems (Computers) |
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Software configuration management |
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Engineering & Applied Sciences. |
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Computer Science. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Roderick W. Multi-boot configuration handbook. Indianapolis, Ind. : Que, ©2000 0789722836 9780789722836 (DLC) 99068221 (OCoLC)44501901 |
| ISBN |
9780789722836 |
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0789722836 |
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0768655811 |
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9780768655810 |
| Standard No. |
029236722838 |
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9780789722836 |
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